St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Busch Stadium III, August 30, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Start Time
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue
Busch Stadium
Series
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
83° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Wednesday, 29 Aug 2018

Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 65-68
Manager Clint Hurdle
Game # 134
On This Date 67-58
Standing 4th (13.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 12-18
Home 35-34
Away 30-34
Extra Innings 5-4
vs. RHP 49-45
vs. LHP 16-23
1-Run Games 21-20
vs. East 9-18
vs. Central 32-24
vs. West 12-21
Inter-League 12-5

PIT Last 10 Games

Joe Musgrove (#59, 25, RHP, 5-7, 3.56)

St. Louis Cardinals

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 St. Louis Cardinals
Record 74-59
Manager Mike Shildt
Game # 134
On This Date 56-67
Standing 2nd (4.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 16-4
Last 30 22-8
Home 35-29
Away 39-30
Extra Innings 7-6
vs. RHP 50-44
vs. LHP 24-15
1-Run Games 18-18
vs. East 12-14
vs. Central 36-27
vs. West 16-11
Inter-League 10-7

STL Last 10 Games

John Gant (#53, 25, RHP, 5-5, 3.56)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, Apr 27, 2018PIT6 STL5(11)
Sat, Apr 28, 2018PIT6 STL2
Sun, Apr 29, 2018PIT5 STL0
Fri, May 25, 2018PIT8 STL1
Sat, May 26, 2018STL4@PIT1
Sun, May 27, 2018STL6@PIT4
Thu, May 31, 2018STL10 PIT8
Fri, Jun 01, 2018PIT4@STL0
Sat, Jun 02, 2018STL3 PIT2
Sun, Jun 03, 2018STL5 PIT0
Fri, Aug 03, 2018PIT7 STL6
Sat, Aug 04, 2018STL8@PIT4
Sun, Aug 05, 2018STL2@PIT1
Tue, Aug 28, 2018STL5 PIT2
Wed, Aug 29, 2018PIT2@STL0
DateAwayHomeTime
Thu, Aug 30, 2018PIT@STL7:15pm
Mon, Sep 10, 2018PIT@STL8:15pm
Tue, Sep 11, 2018PIT@STL8:15pm
Wed, Sep 12, 2018PIT@STL1:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Pirates Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.06 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.06 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 27. Cecil* 53. Gant 49. Hicks 43. Hudson 55. Leone 18. Martinez 26. Norris 33. Ross 40. Shreve* 7. Weaver
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
55. Bell# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 3/.666 4/.500 ··· 1/2.000 12/.000 3/.000 6/1.000 1/.000 10/.733
29. Cervelli G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/1.000 5/.650 3/.666 1/.000 2/.000 16/.542 10/1.278 3/.333 ··· ···
32. Diaz G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· 6/1.333 ··· 7/.858
12. Dickerson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.500 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 4/.500 12/.166 24/1.148 8/.000 5/.933
26. Frazier* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 3/1.667 4/1.250 2/.000 1/.000 10/.700 2/.000 3/.667 1/5.000 3/.666
23. Freese G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/1.071 2/.000 1/ 1/.000 6/1.133 10/.900 26/1.103 5/.000 1/.000 3/.000
5. Harrison G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.750 6/.833 4/.833 1/.000 1/.000 16/.717 3/.000 10/.522 1/.000 6/.000
15. Hechavarria G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.250 10/.600 6/1.500 7/1.071 2/1.000 ···
6. Marte G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 6/1.833 7/.572 1/.000 3/.000 31/1.055 6/.533 9/.347 ··· 9/.583
10. Mercer G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 5/.400 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 31/.676 4/.500 15/.852 1/.000 8/1.000
19. Moran* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 4/.250 3/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/1.500 1/2.000 4/1.750
27. Newman G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
25. Polanco* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 6/.767 4/.750 1/.000 1/.000 35/1.481 5/.400 12/1.400 1/.000 8/.000

PIT Batters

PIT Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
55. Bell# G ·  S ·  vP 475 .262 .347 .400 .747 347 .744 128 .756 .853 71 .735 0 3 8 6
29. Cervelli G ·  S ·  vP 338 .263 .392 .449 .841 257 .871 81 .742 .906 86 .804 1 2 11 4
32. Diaz G ·  S ·  vP 252 .286 .337 .455 .792 174 .728 78 .925 .865 46 .824 0 1 9 8
12. Dickerson* G ·  S ·  vP 456 .297 .327 .462 .788 348 .813 108 .710 .776 89 .460 7 3 11 1
26. Frazier* G ·  S ·  vP 254 .281 .348 .456 .804 211 .808 43 .788 .783 80 .978 0 2 7 6
23. Freese G ·  S ·  vP 261 .283 .337 .447 .784 139 .807 122 .757 .751 58 .711 0 0 9 5
5. Harrison G ·  S ·  vP 345 .256 .300 .364 .664 253 .662 92 .671 .651 63 .732 3 0 7 6
15. Hechavarria G ·  S ·  vP 284 .254 .287 .342 .630 204 .556 80 .818 .641 47 .672 1 0 4 3
6. Marte G ·  S ·  vP 490 .274 .321 .455 .776 363 .802 127 .700 .778 97 .587 29 11 17 2
10. Mercer G ·  S ·  vP 400 .262 .328 .398 .727 295 .710 105 .773 .685 36 .841 2 0 6 9
19. Moran* G ·  S ·  vP 397 .277 .338 .392 .730 336 .767 61 .519 .693 61 .741 0 2 8 9
27. Newman G ·  S ·  vP 19 .188 .316 .250 .566 16 .393 3 1.667 .862 19 .566 0 0 0 0
25. Polanco* G ·  S ·  vP 503 .248 .338 .492 .830 367 .860 136 .750 .819 103 .722 9 2 21 1
TOTAL .254 .319 .409 .728 .729 .725 .737 .687 57 27 132 88

STL Pitchers

STL Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
53. Gant G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 86.0 3.56 7.5 363 .211 .627 173 .547 190 .697 .586 110 .641 7 4 1
27. Cecil* G ·  S ·  vP X···o··o·oo··o 27.2 5.86 5.5 131 .306 .849 71 .978 60 .708 .727 18 .646 2 7 1
32. Flaherty G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 122.1 2.87 11.0 487 .193 .610 242 .649 245 .569 .613 114 .436 16 3 0
68. Gomber* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 48.1 2.79 7.8 205 .225 .694 134 .701 71 .681 .628 115 .713 3 0 2
49. Hicks G ·  S ·  vP ·o···X·o·X··X· 66.0 3.14 7.6 284 .203 .565 144 .465 140 .668 .652 50 .668 1 3 0
43. Hudson G ·  S ·  vP ·o··o··X·X··o· 14.2 3.07 4.9 60 .173 .495 34 .402 26 .619 .417 49 .544 0 0 0
55. Leone G ·  S ·  vP X··o·········· 15.0 3.60 9.0 62 .268 .719 32 .607 30 .833 .681 7 .000 3 0 0
18. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP o····X··X····· 104.1 3.28 8.7 458 .232 .658 188 .635 270 .673 .647 13 .322 5 4 0
39. Mikolas G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 167.0 2.96 6.3 677 .250 .643 304 .516 373 .745 .607 123 .794 14 2 1
26. Norris G ·  S ·  vP ·o···X··oX··o· 53.2 2.85 10.6 216 .224 .605 101 .761 115 .471 .627 38 .451 5 1 0
33. Ross G ·  S ·  vP ···X······X··X 137.2 4.18 7.3 586 .233 .704 272 .560 314 .831 .725 79 .567 16 6 3
40. Shreve* G ·  S ·  vP o····X··o··X·· 46.1 3.88 10.7 204 .256 .817 123 .725 81 .967 .824 26 .808 10 0 0
7. Weaver G ·  S ·  vP ····o···X····X 128.1 4.63 8.0 563 .272 .754 264 .686 299 .815 .796 59 .788 17 1 0
TOTAL 3.68 8.1 .242 .687 .673 .646 114 39 10

Cardinals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.38 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cardinals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 43. Brault* 30. Crick 35. Kela 49. Kingham 59. Musgrove 73. Vazquez* 48. Rodriguez 37. Santana
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
15. Adams* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 5/.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.000 1/.000 2/.000
48. Bader G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 6/.334 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/1.250 1/.000 3/.000
13. Carpenter* G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.393 3/.000 1/3.000 6/.167 3/.666 4/.000 2/1.000 7/.143
12. DeJong G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 4/.250 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.250
28. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
35. Garcia* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 2/1.000
38. Martinez G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.733 1/3.000 1/2.000 3/.000 3/.000 3/1.666 1/.000 3/1.667
4. Molina G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.429 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 7/1.404 ··· 2/.000
34. Munoz G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/ 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/4.000 1/.000 3/1.167
41. O'Neill G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000
46. Pena G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ···
21. Wisdom G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000

STL Batters

STL Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
15. Adams* G ·  S ·  vP 286 .253 .329 .498 .827 246 .867 40 .592 .950 37 .401 0 0 18 2
48. Bader G ·  S ·  vP 321 .276 .347 .437 .784 214 .706 107 .945 .704 90 .868 12 3 9 2
13. Carpenter* G ·  S ·  vP 553 .274 .387 .577 .964 405 .974 148 .935 .827 108 .980 2 1 34 11
12. DeJong G ·  S ·  vP 365 .231 .310 .423 .733 270 .748 95 .686 .666 96 .731 1 1 14 10
28. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 12 .083 .083 .083 .167 7 .286 5 .000 .000 12 .167 0 0 0 1
35. Garcia* G ·  S ·  vP 184 .224 .306 .317 .623 159 .622 25 .617 .465 37 .449 2 1 3 4
38. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP 479 .309 .367 .475 .842 371 .852 108 .807 .848 90 .959 0 3 16 7
4. Molina G ·  S ·  vP 421 .273 .321 .447 .767 316 .768 105 .767 .591 106 .663 4 2 16 3
34. Munoz G ·  S ·  vP 246 .275 .341 .414 .756 167 .735 79 .804 .691 34 .594 5 5 6 11
41. O'Neill G ·  S ·  vP 100 .269 .300 .527 .827 80 .807 20 .900 .939 45 .870 2 0 7 2
46. Pena G ·  S ·  vP 117 .200 .239 .273 .512 87 .542 30 .422 .536 5 .650 1 0 2 1
21. Wisdom G ·  S ·  vP 15 .308 .400 .538 .938 11 1.121 4 .500 1.262 15 .938 0 0 1 1
TOTAL .251 .322 .413 .734 .724 .765 .699 .801 53 28 170 104

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
59. Musgrove G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 91.0 3.56 7.2 385 .252 .688 207 .598 178 .795 .619 97 .624 9 2 1
24. Archer G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 118.1 4.72 9.6 520 .279 .786 294 .735 226 .854 .800 107 .926 15 7 3
43. Brault* G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X···X···· 78.2 4.35 8.0 350 .238 .728 246 .787 104 .589 .662 35 .519 7 1 4
30. Crick G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o···X·X·oX· 50.2 2.49 9.6 222 .214 .582 120 .539 102 .632 .631 49 .808 1 9 2
35. Kela G ·  S ·  vP X···oX·o·oX·X· 49.2 2.72 11.4 201 .194 .581 117 .444 84 .772 .604 49 .518 4 5 2
49. Kingham G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 63.0 5.00 8.3 275 .242 .780 141 .657 134 .910 .803 8 .714 14 1 2
46. Nova G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····X 140.2 4.35 6.1 599 .273 .790 304 .755 295 .827 .870 112 .760 24 4 2
73. Vazquez* G ·  S ·  vP o····X·o··Xo·X 56.0 2.57 11.6 234 .220 .576 184 .595 50 .506 .609 37 .411 2 3 0
48. Rodriguez G ·  S ·  vP ···o·X····X··X 56.0 2.89 10.6 228 .237 .650 124 .785 104 .487 .705 48 .630 5 1 0
37. Santana G ·  S ·  vP X···Xo·o·oo··· 61.1 2.49 7.6 247 .224 .605 123 .575 124 .635 .564 55 .523 5 2 1
50. Taillon G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 152.0 3.49 8.2 630 .250 .686 302 .595 328 .771 .664 108 .662 15 10 1
34. Williams G ·  S ·  vP X······X····X· 142.0 3.30 6.2 586 .230 .667 297 .666 289 .668 .665 121 .566 15 3 4
TOTAL 4.07 8.2 .253 .729 .734 .704 139 55 30

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